LabVIEW can't find NI-DAQ driver (error 10240).

[Josh Chekofsky]

NI-DAQ is installed, and all the tests in the configuration utility work
fine with the PCI 1200 card. I can see a sine wave from a function
generator, so NI-DAQ works. But no DAQ VIs run, neither the examples
included with LabVIEW nor test programs I've written myself. Error message
10240 is always displayed: "NI-DAQ: LV can't find NI-DAQ driver."

I am working with an older setup, trying to recover an experiment from years
ago. It's a Power Macintosh 7500 with a 100MHz 601 processor and a PCI 1200
DAQ card. LabVIEW 4.0 installed. I've tried downloading several versions
of NI-DAQ from the NI site, but I can't find any support for LabVIEW 4.0.
Currently NI-DAQ 6.6.1 is installed, the version recommen
ded on the site for
Power Macs.

Does this version of NI-DAQ not work with LabVIEW 4.0? If not, what version
of NI-DAQ will work? Is there some way to tell LabVIEW where the NI-DAQ
driver is?

Upgrading LabVIEW or the hardware is a last resort. I just want to get this
experiment running as soon as possible.

My email address is tedcary@yahoo.com

[Ryan_M]

The latest version of NI-DAQ supporting LabVIEW 4.0 is NI-DAQ 6.6. More information regarding this can be found in National Instrument's Knowledge Base at:
http://digital.ni.com/public.nsf/3efedde4322fef19862567740067f3cc/d8d43c0b1b881101862569eb005cda39?OpenDocument

Ryan Mosley
National Instruments, Applications Engineer
http://www.ni.com/exchange

[Josh Chekofsky]

Thanks. But the version of NI-DAQ that was installed when I wrote the email
was NI-DAQ 6.6, and still the error message appeared. I've since pulled the
card and put it into a PC with a more recent version of Lab VIEW and it
works.


"Ryan M" wrote in message
news:506500000005000000E3320000-993342863000@exchange.ni.com...
> The latest version of NI-DAQ supporting LabVIEW 4.0 is NI-DAQ 6.6.
> More information regarding this can be found in National Instrument's
> Knowledge Base at:
>
http://digital.ni.com/public.nsf/3efedde4322fef19862567740067f3cc/d8d43c0b1b
881101862569eb005cda39?OpenDocument
>
> Ryan Mosley
> National Instruments, Applications Engineer
> http://www.ni.com/exchange

[bmen]

NIDAQ 6.6.0 works with LabView for Mac 4.0. Maybe your system has 2 NIDAQ versions, one installed with LabVIEW and the other installed from the NIDAQ CD. A good option would be to uninstall LabVIEW (if you still have the installation CD), so now U have just the NIDAQ from the NIDAQ CD. Try running the 1200 card setup and test it with the test panel on MAX. If this works install LabVIEW back on with deselecting NIDAQ and the Drivers.
This is what helped one of my customer overcome a similar problem.

Pravin Borade
AE, National Instruments